Pipa (Pípa 琵琶)|Pípa 琵琶 (Pipa)
John E. MYERS Min Xiao-Fen performing with her pipa. Besides being known for playing the pipa, Min Xiao-Fen has gained
Musical Instruments (Yuèqì 乐器)|Yuèqì 乐器 (Musical Instruments)
John MYERS A man plays a pan pipe in a park. PHOTO BY BERKSHIRE PUBLISHING. Chinese musical instruments have been
Music, Traditional (Chuántǒng yīnyuè 传统音乐)|Chuántǒng yīnyuè 传统音乐 (Music, Traditional)
Rachel HARRIS Chinese traditional music, developed to accompany ritual and with pentatonic melodies that reach back to the thirteenth century,
Erhu (Èrhú 二胡)|Èrhú 二胡 (Erhu)
Haiwang YUAN A blind man plays an erhu on the streets of Beijing. Players hold the erhu in their laps
Twelve Muqam (Shí‘èr Mùkǎmǔ 十二木卡姆)|Shí‘èr Mùkǎmǔ 十二木卡姆 (Twelve Muqam)
Rachel HARRIS The Twelve Muqam are a suite of songs of the Uygur people of northwestern China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Yangge (Yānggē 秧歌)|Yānggē 秧歌 (Yangge)
Colin MACKERRAS Classroom performance of The White-Haired Girl at Beijing’s Middle School 26. PHOTO BY JOAN LEBOLD COHEN. A style
Music, Contemporary (Dāngdài yīnyuè 当代音乐)|Dāngdài yīnyuè 当代音乐 (Music, Contemporary)
John MYERS Min Xiao-Fen performing with her pipa. As well as playing the pipa, Min Xiao-Fen is also known as
Bianzhong (Biānzhōng 编钟)|Biānzhōng 编钟 (Bianzhong)
Haiwang YUAN Bianzhong (bronze bells) from the Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–221 BCE) shown at the Imperial Palace, Beijing. PHOTO BY
Pear Garden (Líyuán 梨园)|Líyuán 梨园 (Pear Garden)
Nirmal DASS During the Tang dynasty the progressive emperor Xuanzong endowed the Pear Garden in Chang’an (modern Xi’an) in 714